How much space is needed to store six adult bikes?

[KatyMac]

How much space for to store 6 adult bikes

i thought maybe 2.2 deep and between 2.4 & 2.8 - maybe alternating forwards and backwards so the handlebars dont get tangled? With 2 full width opening doors?

About 6 square meters of floor space. I used to install a lot of bike racks and they were set 1 m apart with 2 bikes per rack so 0.5mx2m per bike. Obviously if you want a bit of maneuvering room allow a bit more.

If you are happy to stack them then a id say space about 2.5 x 3 would be the minimum. You need more if you want room to access all of them.

If unsure, mark and area on the floor and work it out practically.

Thanks we are buying a house and im trying to work out if I can combine it with a boot room?
2.8-3 linear m seems sensible

What do you think about topping & tailing them?

This is in a domestic garage im going to have to get rid of 2 aren't I!!

Could you hang them up? If you hung them at differing heights you could probably get away with 40cm a bike I reckon?

Im not sure - could that work with a pully system- im not strong or coordinated enough to lift and hook my ebike for sure

The garage has a pent roof so maybe something like that

Highly recommend steady racks, we’ve got 5 and because they can be swung sideways to get bikes out, we’ve got the bikes quite close together.

No, I couldn't lift my eBike that high either. But does it have to be all or nothing? Could you keep the two most used/most used and heaviest on the floor and hang the others up? It's got to work for you though, no point making the activation energy so high it puts you off doing the sport.

That does look good but I'm not sure I could do it

Lifting my bike is beyond me

But there are 2 spare bikes which could be stored like that- and maybe one of us could lift their bike up

So 3 up and 3 down

Are these slim, small road bikes or hybrid wide handlebar type bikes. I have a step through ebike, sit up and beg style, can barely get handlebars through doorways sometimes.

And its heavy.

Are you talking about 6 of those?

Large ebike x 2 (could sell one)
Smaller ebike
Average ebike
Light weight ebike with wide handlebars
Road bike (wants to keep road bike despite commuting on ebike - totally understand why)

I guess topping and tailing would only work with a proper stand because of the direction of lean on the bike stand

What brand is the lightweight ebike and when you say lightweight what is the weight?

Im obsessed with weight. I love my bike but its so bloody heavy and everything else I look at you either have no details about the weight or they call themselves 'lightweight' and they're still about 19kgs

Mines about 21kgs

Hmmm yeah I have to say I assumed a household with that many bikes would mainly be on lightweight road bike type bikes hence thinking hanging would have potential. I can lift up my 1980s tourer without too much difficulty but my eBike is hopeless. You'd have to check the hooks and joists etc even for that many very heavy bikes I suspect? (No judgement in my assumptions btw, I love my eBike and it has transformed the way I ride!)

About 16-17kgs depending on the saddle - there is a whole tale about it and it is up for sale!

Im after a islabike joni that I will retro fit a lightweight motor to

@Ineffable23 we are an odd family we use our bike for that odd thing 'transport' instead of using the car - rather than exercise/fun 😉

We have a baby trailer and a cargo trailer too! It's great fun

I am pretty disabled and the bike increases my range, I really struggle to walk from the car park to the shop or to the swings in the park (why are they so far away from the car park?)

We have 5 in our shed that is 1.5x 2.6, plus two trailers. The racing bike hangs and one is a folding bike. We could get another in just without folding or hanging if we cleared some stuff out. It wouldn't be easy to get them in or out though. It also depends where the door is. Our door is at the end so they can be wheeled past each other.

We're Dutch though, so bicycle wrestling is second nature

The discussion about lightweight bikes is funny to me. My normal aluminum bike is 20kg without baby or chain. I don't have any hills though! I certainly don't lift that one. We do own an ebike for longer distances or when arriving on time and non-smelly matter

They dont make Isla bikes anymore do they?

I had my eyes on these for this very reason!!!

What brand is yours then, 17kg is not bad.

OH has a folding whisper which is about that I think.

On the train where we are allowed max 6 adult bikes with a passage between them, that space measures approx 2.2 x 2.4m. If train was Dutch style with a wall rack equivalent to hold 3 bikes elevated above 3 others, you could get it down to 1m x 2.2m as the floor area.

Thanks @TheVeryAngryBanana thats useful - i wont be bike wrangling tho' the others might

@likelysuspect custom based around a fazua ride50 - it doesn't have enough umph for my (dis)ability & the step through is too high for my hip/knee

Bikes on trains are a pain @lljkk - and they won't let me take my trailer at all (not that i could manage it without assistance)

Im imagining double doors and a row of bikes i could just push out (iyswim) - so i reckon 2.2m is the right depth its the width that we are working on now

We cycle as a family. A lot. Some years I cycle further than I travel by car. So, this is something we've really thought about!

It depends on what sort of bikes (you've listed those) and whether you need to be able to get each one out without moving another. Dbro hangs all his, he has a lot (maybe 12?) but he's strong, and I'm not - his are suspended by the front wheel; I absolutely couldn't do that. Plus mine has a basket, which I use every day (so non-negotiable).

We have ours leaning along the walls of the garage, plus two leaning against the BBQ (which doesn't get much use!). Leaning against a wall means mine is properly stable (otherwise the front wheel moves around and the whole thing tips; a joy when using racks).

In a previous house we had to keep them in the living room, and while we still used them every day, it was a faff. I can't overstate how much easier my life is for being able to wheel straight out of the garage, and not untangle my bike from DH's and lift it over a step.

Topping and tailing will only really work if some of the bikes are used a lot less; I've had to lift my handlebars over another bike before, and it isn't great. I think the space you've described will be tight (also, where will the trailer go?). I'd go for as big as possible - you won't regret it!

Oh i agree - mine is in a shed along a passage and up onto the pavement and we can't use the trailer without hooking up on the drive as its too wide for the corners

But the more space the bikes take the smaller my bedroom is!

I'm having second thoughts about the house!

In the middle now the night i came up with this?

The clothes would be on those drop down rails (no idea how good they are or how much reinforcing a stud wall would have to be?)

And I havent measured the width of a hanger with clothes maybe 60cm? So with the wall it might come too far forward for the bike?